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The so-called “Cadillac” tax will punish providers of good healthcare plans and encourage them to degrade coverage with higher deductibles and co-pays, fewer benefits and narrower provider networks.

At a national meeting of single payer activists in Chicago on October 30, United Steelworkers (USW) International Vice President Tom Conway highlighted the problems confronting unions under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

On October 19, Labor United for Universal Healthcare officially launched our 2016 Re-Affiliation campaign.

California will open up the Medi-Cal program to all income-eligible children – regardless of immigration status – through a new law signed by the governor.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and seven Democratic senators introduced a bill Thursday to repeal ObamaCare’s so-called “Cadillac” tax on high-cost healthcare plans.

A new report indicates that about 1 in 5 large employers offer at least one health plan that would be subject to the new tax. And 13% of large firms offering benefits have already taken steps to avoid the tax, including switching to less generous plans.

“I have found our medical system to be far too deleterious and mischievous for my patients. I have witnessed too many patients of mine go bankrupt from medical bills while cancer ravaged their bodies. I have seen too many of my patients patients being denied necessary tests and treatment by insurance companies. And I have seen too many uninsured or Medicaid patients with advanced incurable cancer simply because they did not have timely access to a doctor.”

Comparing the 2013 and 2014 California Health Interview Surveys shows that the Affordable Care Act is working to insure more adults in California.

Until the United States Congress finds the political will to abolish our costly and badly broken health insurance industry the monopoly racketeers must at least be confronted and restricted from free rein.